Name: Russell Springs Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers sold 6.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 4.00-6.00 higher. There was stronger demand across all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00-4.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $383.94/cwt on 45 head, down $2.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 31 comparable sales and sits −31.38 against this barn's trailing median of $415.33.

Average price

$383.94

▼ 2.01 vs prior sale

45 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$51.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.89

vs KY average

+9.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	389.62	2,124	40
Medium and Large 2-3	567	338.54	1,918	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.08/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.65, low $340.68, median $415.33 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

383.94

—

KY average26 barns · 730 hd

377.05

+6.89

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

+9.91

This barn, trailing median31 sales

415.33

−31.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,700	236.09	4,014	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,387	191.20	2,651	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,119	185.64	2,077	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,097	163.36	1,792	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,422	$3,300	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,309	$2,951	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,335	$2,896	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,088	$2,833	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$2,725	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,138	$2,150	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,278	$3,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,390	$4,150	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,426	$3,926	7

Every lot, as filed

86 lots · USDA AMS · Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	339	399.01/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,353	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	299	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,351	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	335.42/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	386.45/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	414.97/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,730	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	357.15/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,271	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	388.08/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,014	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	650	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	492.16/cwt	490.00–497.00	2,116	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	436.25/cwt	429.00–445.00	2,321	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	409.50/cwt	409.50–409.50	2,052	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	800–850	845	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	409.30/cwt	400.00–414.00	2,390	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	1,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,358	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	442.23/cwt	438.00–445.00	2,556	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	341.18/cwt	335.00–349.00	2,474	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	367.58/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,099	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	383.90/cwt	382.00–396.00	2,634	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	400.03/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,239	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	823	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	612	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,271	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	381	495.67/cwt	467.50–505.00	1,889	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	340.36/cwt	315.00–365.00	1,780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	385.60/cwt	381.00–400.00	2,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	551.35/cwt	545.00–555.00	1,737	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	272	507.98/cwt	465.00–560.00	1,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,873	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	190.53/cwt	184.00–198.50	2,189	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	166.65/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,810	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	147.97/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,702	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	175.85/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,860	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	181.19/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,515	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	195.20/cwt	188.00–206.00	2,705	15
Bulls	—	—	1,872	245.87/cwt	243.00–250.00	4,603	3
Bulls	—	—	1,571	228.76/cwt	228.00–230.00	3,594	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,088	2,832.86/head	2,675.00–2,990.00	2,833	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,309	2,951.31/head	2,450.00–3,210.00	2,951	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,070	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,422	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	2,895.57/head	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,896	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	895	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,426	3,925.63/head	3,500.00–4,200.00	3,926	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,140	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	431.32/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,070	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	1,975	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	550	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,997	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	522.27/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,021	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	397.96/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,046	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	362.41/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,254	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	412.21/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	412.33/cwt	403.00–420.00	1,526	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	376.17/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	348.87/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	371.85/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,123	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,004	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	434.28/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,424	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	364.94/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,525	2

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Co. Stockyard - Russell Springs, KY

Wed Aug 5, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 389Last week 488Year ago 842

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 31Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 11Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	395.00–400.00	399.01
2	400–450	418	355.00–375.00	364.94
3	450–500	480	360.00–385.00	376.17
1	500–550	525	351.00	351.00
4	550–600	577	310.00–350.00	335.42
1	750–800	765	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	470.00	470.00
7	250–300	299	452.00	452.00
7	300–350	328	420.00–450.00	434.28
12	350–400	370	403.00–420.00	412.33
9	400–450	417	405.00–420.00	414.97
4	450–500	471	405.00–420.00	412.21
8	500–550	519	375.00–395.00	388.08
8	550–600	571	365.00–377.00	371.85
18	600–650	636	340.00–360.00	357.15
1	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	727	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	501	409.50	409.50
14	550–600	577	385.00–387.00	386.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	845	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	543.00	543.00
1	350–400	375	507.00	507.00
4	400–450	430	490.00–497.00	492.16
2	450–500	495	457.00	457.00
6	500–550	532	429.00–445.00	436.25
7	550–600	584	400.00–414.00	409.30
3	600–650	603	390.00–405.00	400.03
14	650–700	686	382.00–396.00	383.90
2	700–750	725	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	452.00	452.00
1	450–500	490	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	510	395.00	395.00
4	550–600	571	365.00–375.00	367.58
2	600–650	612	371.00	371.00
1	650–700	695	362.00	362.00
7	700–750	725	335.00–349.00	341.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	524	450.00	450.00
30	550–600	578	438.00–445.00	442.23
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	420.00	420.00
3	800–850	823	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	465.00–560.00	507.98
1	300–350	310	477.50	477.50
6	350–400	381	467.50–505.00	495.67
1	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	523	315.00–365.00	340.36
1	550–600	565	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	730	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	560.00	560.00
1	250–300	255	600.00	600.00
6	300–350	315	545.00–555.00	551.35
4	350–400	387	515.00–545.00	522.27
1	400–450	435	454.00	454.00
7	450–500	480	425.00–440.00	431.32
5	500–550	514	390.00–410.00	397.96
4	550–600	584	381.00–400.00	385.60
6	600–650	622	360.00–375.00	362.41
2	650–700	685	340.00–358.00	348.87
1	750–800	755	306.00	306.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	363.00	363.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	181.00	181.00
4	—	1,086	163.00–171.00	166.65
2	—	1,150	147.00–149.00	147.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,149	184.00–198.50	190.53
3	—	1,058	169.00–179.00	175.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	175.00–185.00	181.19
15	—	1,386	188.00–206.00	195.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,872	243.00–250.00	245.87
4	—	1,571	228.00–230.00	228.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,088	2,675.00–2,990.00	2,832.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	2,725.00	2,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,309	2,450.00–3,210.00	2,951.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,422	3,300.00	3,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,335	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,895.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,390	4,150.00	4,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,426	3,500.00–4,200.00	3,925.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,415	4,000.00	4,000.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,140	3,000.00	3,000.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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